August Prather is Not Dead Yet
Danielle Roux
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Katherine Garnet is a writer who has never cared much about much, making it awfully difficult to create new content. Despite the fact she has the “edge” of being trans (according to her cis male editor) she is not looking to capitalize on her own personal story. Garnet tries to sneak a peek at her rival, August Prather’s, latest fantasy manuscript about a quest for the elixir of life. While reading, Garnet gets accidentally dragged into a bizarre cross-country road trip that may or may not have a purpose and begins to see parallels in the story of the manuscript and the reality of their journey. Along the way, they encounter a parade of equally troubled individuals, including ghost-hunting priests, a robot magician, a discarded piece of furniture, a runaway teenager, and a Japanese rock star. As Garnet confronts her past, she begins to understand why someone might want to live forever.
About the Author
Danielle K. Roux is a writer, teacher, and historian. Her first novel August Prather is Not Dead Yet is currently available in e-book and paperback through Parliament House Press (and soon will be available in hardcover and audio book). Danielle has always loved reading and telling stories – especially stories with adventure, mystery, humor, romance and at least a little bit of spookiness. Not Dead Yet has all this covered, with a story-within-a-story structure and a quest for immortality in the early twentieth century paired with a present-day road trip. There’s a lot of existential crisis and a male/male romance that is sweet and steamy.
Danielle has been writing fiction since she was nine, after getting tired of reading from the perspective of white, straight male characters in fantasy novels. Her first written story involved a group of middle school girls who find necklaces used by a dead witch that give them supernatural powers. It was written in notebooks in purple and green gel pens that are currently housed in a box in her linen closet. She is inspired by travelling to new places and reading about the stories tied to landscapes. She has at least three novels building in her brain (or wherever novels come from) and wishes she was writing them all right now.
Danielle lives with her wife and two orange cats in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has added a lot of young adult fantasy fiction to her bookshelves recently, and regrets nothing. Her dream library would be accessed through a secret door and look something like the library in the animated Disney Beauty and the Beast, although it would also have a cute barista or sentient coffee machine that once was said barista.
When she isn’t writing or thinking about writing, Danielle is building houses in the Sims, listening to podcasts, or taking Buzzfeed quizzes to find out what kind of tree she is based on her hair color. She has recently been watching lots of old BBC period pieces, and some of them are good. She has begun to drink Diet Coke and is worried this might be a real problem. Coffee and tea are still her primary beverages of choice.
The Tour
June 3rd
–Crack A Book Cafe >> Top 10 List
–Stories That Make You Smile >> Interview
–Reviews by Jaye >> Review
–cupcakesandbookshelves >> Excerpt
June 4th
–Viviana MacKade >> Interview
–Valerie Ullmer | Romance Author >> Excerpt
–My Life Loves and Passion >> Excerpt
–The Avid Reader >> Interview
June 5th
–Urban Fantasy Investigations >> Excerpt
–Kourtni Reads >> Guest post
–The Phantom Paragrapher >> Excerpt
–Across the Bookiverse >> Interview
–Jennie From the book >> Review
June 6th
–Books Direct >> Review
–My Books-My World >> Playlist
–Adventures in Writing >> Review
–Hopelessly Devoted Bibliophile >> Excerpt
June 7th
–Megan O’Russell >> Top 10 List
–Betwixt the Pages >> Review
–My Fiction Nook >> Guest post
–Shari Sakurai >> Review
